UO E-Clips is a daily report prepared by the Office of Communications (http://comm.uoregon.edu) summarizing current news coverage of the University of Oregon.
Media mentions for June 5
Western colleges recruit more California students
Register-Guard: California students are increasingly being courted by out-of-state colleges seeking to take advantage of cutbacks and rising tuition at the Golden State’s public universities. The Los Angeles Times reported Monday that schools in neighboring states are stepping up recruitment of California high school students, touting special discounts, small classes and course availability ... “The gold rush is on, and in this case the gold rush is for college-going students,” the University of Oregon’s Roger Thompson, vice provost of enrollment management, told the Times.
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Media mentions for June 4
Out-of-state colleges entice Californians
LA Times: The University of Oregon, which enrolled about 500 California freshmen five years ago, has also seen that figure balloon to more than 1,000 in 2011. The university's increased presence in the Golden State, paired with the wandering eyes of frustrated parents and students, has led to a boon for the school, said Roger Thompson, vice provost of enrollment management. “The gold rush is on, and in this case the gold rush is for college-going students,” he said. “We've got a pioneer spirit at the University of Oregon.”
Professor Tom Wheeler’s rocking road to the University
Daily Emerald: Journalism professor Tom Wheeler never set out to be a professional writer, and he took his first guitar lesson when he was about 55 years old -- two things that might surprise anyone who knows the noted music journalist. Wheeler’s passion for guitars, music and writing sent him on a winding career -- and life -- path that has culminated in teaching at the University’s School of Journalism and Communication.
KEZI: Oregon students are preparing to take on more college debt now that the state Board of Higher Education approved hikes in tuition. University of Oregon students will pay 5.9 percent more next year. So what does this mean for the average student? Somewhere between 50 to 55 percent of the student body gets some sort of financial aid from the school. Advisors say the tuition hike might not significantly affect financial aid enrollment, but it is putting financial responsibility at the forefront of students' minds.
Saldana: Why I hate the University of Oregon
Daily Emerald: The University has been the focal point of my life for the past five years. Nearly every day I’ve walked, driven or taken a bus to campus. Freshman year, I would’ve thought that campus was the pinnacle of academic pursuit -- a place to exchange ideas and a place to learn about the world, past and present. Needless to say I was disillusioned.
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Media mentions for June 3
EDITORIAL: How high can tuition go?
Register-Guard: Oregon’s Board of Higher Education approved tuition increases at the state’s seven universities Friday, including a net tuition and fee increase of 5.9 percent for the University of Oregon next year. Oregonians’ incomes haven’t risen by that amount, and neither has graduates’ ability to repay the loans that are increasingly financing their educations. It hasn’t happened yet, but at some point the strategy of financing higher education by shifting costs to students will reach its limit.
Register-Guard: They can be tiny. They can live in your throat or in your hair; they can live in the tree outside your window and argue incessantly. “My favorites are Elfie Welfie, who is a tiny, tie-dyed veterinarian with tie-dyed hair, tie-dyed clothes and tie-dyed furniture,” says Marjorie Taylor, a University of Oregon psychology professor. “Another favorite is Lizard Man. And Chocolate Chip Fly. There are always new ones coming in all the time” ... Taylor is referring to the big and sometimes small, sometimes furry, sometimes tie-dyed world of children’s imaginary friends.
Future U: Read all about it! College newspaper heralds future of journalism!
Ars Technica: This coming school year, the University of Oregon’s 92-year-old Oregon Daily Emerald, first a daily student newspaper, then one with a website, will stop publishing altogether except for a Monday “weekly” style publication devoted to news and sports anchored by a 1,200-word cover feature and a Thursday culture and entertainment edition. The rest of the emphasis, effort, time and resources are going to be devoted not simply to a Web presence but to an information and media company called the Emerald Media Group (EMG).
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Media mentions for June 2
Register-Guard: Tuition levels at Oregon’s public universities will increase by an average of 3.6 percent next year following a meeting Friday by the state Board of Higher Education. The decision -- which came in a 9-2 vote, with both of the board’s student representatives voting no -- means resident undergraduates at the University of Oregon will pay $521 more than they pay now, increasing the cost of a year’s tuition from $8,789 to $9,310, or 5.9 percent. Nonresident students can expect to pay more, too.
Product design class innovates sports gear for disabled athletes
Smart Planet: With the continuous advancement of athletic technology, better and better products are being developed to help people with various disabilities engage in their sport of choice. Still, the proper gear available is very limited. Product Design students at the University of Oregon were given, thanks in part to the school’s close relationship with Nike, Inc, the opportunity to work with nationally renowned adaptive sports athletes to innovate new products that met specific physical needs in a class called “Adaptive Products: Enabling Athletes with Disabilities.”
Register-Guard: Call it an attempted “cover-up” of historic proportions. Now, that’s not to suggest that construction workers were wrong to slather stucco upon portions of a Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Eugene sign that until recently had been hidden for a half-century beneath a thick coat of paint on the east side of the former Lew Williams and Joe Romania car dealership building on Franklin Boulevard ... What happens next depends on a review by the UO’s own historical preservation experts, who eventually will issue an opinion on whether the remnant of local history is worth saving.
Blogger pushes meetings law limits
The World: Teri Macduff walks out of a Lakeside City Council executive session after being asked to leave by Mayor Ed Gowan. Macduff writes and publishes LakesideInfo.com, a website dedicated to happenings around Lakeside, but the Lakeside City Council bars Macduff from attending closed-door meetings because they claim she isn't media ... The criteria emphasize a reporter's institutional connections, such as membership in the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association.Tim Gleason, journalism dean at the University of Oregon, is skeptical.'I think the League policy is more restrictive than desirable,” Gleason said. 'I think it relies on affiliations and what-have-you that don't fully reflect the media world that we live in.
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Late mentions for June 1
Tuition set to increase at Oregon's public universities
KVAL via the Associated Press: Tuition at Oregon's seven public universities will increase by an average of 6 percent next school year, under rates approved Friday by the State Board of Higher Education ... The state's most expensive school for resident undergraduates remains the University of Oregon, where tuition and fees will come to $9,310 annually -- an increase of roughly $3,000 in just four years.